Press

by Huck Comms Team for The Symbiotic

Our work in the media

2022:

Research team led by Nita Bharti awarded $2.3M to assess disease vulnerability, improve response by Gail McCormick, August 2022

Life from all angles, a short 4 minute video on our research by the Huck Media team, April 2022.

Behavior limits COVID-19 spread between university and community by Sara LaJeunesse, March 2022

Changing the Game in Epidemiology: A Livestream with Nita Bharti (recorded video ~ 1 hour), from the Huck Media team, February 24, 2022

Nita Bharti delivered 2022 Darwin Day Lecture (recorded video ~ 1 hour), hosted by the Center for Human Evolution and Diversity, Feb. 10, 2022

2021:

The Atlantic: Sports leagues are showing us just how bad omicron could get by Jacob Stern 12/20/21

Song: “Kill the virus” by Techneck 12/21 that samples audio tracks from AskCIDD video

PSU Research Magazine: Remote Research, Remotely. Eberly researchers use satellites to monitor bat habitat and study virus spillover events during a global pandemic by Sam Sholtis 11//10/2021 feature article on Kelsee Baranowski’s research (also here)

Traffic and mobile phone data predict COVID case counts in rural Pennsylvania by Gail McCormick 10/25/21

The Undefeated: One year after the bubble, the NBA’s COVID-19 response is helping the world understand the pandemic by C. Brandon Ogbunu 9/2/21

Australian megafires burn critical habitat of 'Vulnerable' virus-harboring bats by Sara LaJeunesse 7/16/21

The Geospatial Revolution Episode 5: Mapping the Pandemic produced by Kristian Berg 7/13/21 **Winner of Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Health/Environment/Science long form content

Behavior limits COVID-19 spread between University and community by Kristie Auman-Bauer 6/23/21

PSU Research Magazine: Tools for better decision-making: Movement of the people by Sam Sholtis Spring issue 2021

Vector-borne diseases shaped human history and reveal race disparities by Sara LaJeunesse 2/2/21

Take Note: Epidemiologist Dr. Nita Bharti On Safety And Effectiveness Of New COVID-19 Vaccines by Emily Reddy on WPSU 1/29/21

2020:

Ask CIDD with Dr. Elizabeth McGraw: science communication to the community throughout the pandemic. Send questions to askcidd@psu.edu, view answers at askcidd.psu.edu. Released ~daily to weekly from March 23, 2020 to December 2020. Watch Read

The Undefeated: Can the NBA win its rematch with COVID-19? By C. Brandon Ogbunu 12/21/20

The Washington Post: Football is back in Happy Valley. The coronavirus never left. By Kent Babb 10/30/20

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Heading down to the Linc Sunday for the Ravens-Eagles game? Here’s what you need to know by Les Bowen 10/20/20

Measles outbreaks in Niger linked to rainfall and temperature, study finds by Sara LaJeunesse 8/25/20

Faculty funded to study how people's movement impacts COVID-19 transmission by Sam Sholtis 8/25/20

Dance Magazine: Here’s what experts say to look for in a mask for dancing 7/717/20

AAAS Science on Tap: Pandemic Pool Parties: Why water is the least of your worries by Lauren Boyer 5/20/20.

WHYY: Playbook for reopening schools: CHOP calls for face shields, staggered schedules, temp checks by Avi Wolfman-Arent 5/20/20.

The Hill: COVID-19 now spreading fastest in small, rural counties by Reid Wilson 5/15/20

“Lighting the way to stronger global health systems” Speaker at Penn State Alumni Association Event. May 6, 2020.

Centre County Report on disinfectants, misinformation, and Trump’s comments by Kaitlyn Aguiles 4/29/20

The Hill: Early studies show promise in coronavirus immunity by Reid Wilson 4/29/20

The Hill: Coronavirus spreads to Trump country by Reid Wilson 4/24/20

The Hill, frequently interviewed and consulted, 2020

Announcement of Huck COVID-19 seed fund awards - with collaborator Anthony Robinson in Geography, awarded a Huck seed fund to work on Measuring movement to prospectively manage COVID-19 resurgence.

COVID-19 community and communication: Town Hall panel for PA’s 171’st district with Peter Buck and Beth McGraw. Recorded March 26, 2020.

Coronavirus Explainers for Epidemics Massive Open Online Course and open science communication. Recorded March 24, 2020.
1. What is COVID-19? What does it mean for me?
2. COVID-19: Science working to keep up
3. COVID-19: What does the end look like?

Reach Podcast, COVID-19: Human Movement and Human Behavior by Cole Cullen and Beth Bamford. Recorded March 23, 2020, released April 14.

Jenna Spinelle’s “Democracy Works: COVID-19 exposes democracy’s tensions” also featured in full on WPSU’s Take Note. Recorded March 18, 2020, released March 23.

How to maintain physical and mental health during coronavirus on The Conversation on March 19, 2020 (see also earlier version COVID-19 BMC submitted March 9th).

Podcast Confronting Global Outbreaks on The Symbiotic with Beth McGraw and Matt Ferrari, hosted by Cole Hons. Recorded Feb 4, released Feb 27, 2020.

Time Magazine: Coronavirus researchers are using high-tech methods to predict where the virus might go next Feb 11, 2020.

Podcast: Where do Emerging Diseases Come From? with Sam and Nate on Hey! I Got a Question About That. Recorded November 22, 2019, released Jan 6, 2020.

2019:

Feature on our research in Penn State vs Michigan digital football program

Kelsee Baranowski awarded an NSF GRFP

Funding announcement for our DARPA project to prevent bat-borne diseases

Open-access satellite data allows tracking of seasonal population movements

2018:

“Project to prevent bat-borne diseases wins $10 million grant” DARPA award announcement on work with Raina Plowright and many others

Interview for article in the Daily Beast on measles and vaccination in the US

“Pest and Disease Surveillance via High-Resolution Satellites” Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand challenges award announcement on work with David Hughes

2017:

Moving Targets: Satellites and Measles research feature in Fall 2017 issue of Research/Penn State magazine print version

“Environmentally Linked Viruses and Dynamic Transmission Networks” Award Announcement: Human Health and the Environment interdisciplinary research, Penn State Seed Grant

“Dynamics of Zoonotic Systems: Human-Bat-Pathogen Interactions” NSF Coupled Natural-Human Systems Award Abstract on work with Raina Plowright and many others

“New Technologies Against Infectious Diseases” Penn State 2017 Lecture on the Frontiers of Science: The Quest for One Healthy Planet (press release, link to video)

2016:

Using satellite images to better target vaccination

Using satellite imagery to improve vaccination coverage

Examining fluctuations in population size and movement yields better vaccination coverage

Satellite images spot communities that need vaccines

Using satellites to target vaccination